ROGER D. WILSON Senior Trial Counsel Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC More than three years after the tragic death of his friend and mentor, Fresno County Sheriff’s Sergeant Rod Lucas, it took the jury just over one hour to find former Fresno County Detective Jared Mullis not […]
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PAUL Q. GOYETTE CEO and Founder Goyette & Associates, Inc. In September 2017, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of law enforcement officers in the case of Woodward v. City of Tucson (870 F.3d 1154 [9th Cir. 2017]). The victory came from the Ninth Circuit’s reversal […]
ANDREW M. DAWSON Partner Dawson & Riley, LLP An Anaheim police officer was successful in overturning an unjustified suspension imposed by his department thanks to the attorneys at Dawson & Riley, LLP. On March 9, 2018, at around 9:16 p.m., the appellant, a 20-year officer, was dispatched to assist in […]
MAURICE E. SINSLEY Associate Attorney Stone Busailah, LLP The Impact of SB 1421 In late 2018, then-Governor Brown signed the historic Senate Bill 1421 into law, allowing public access to certain police officer personnel records under a Public Records Act (PRA) request (California Government Code §6250). Prior to January 1, […]
GARY MESSING Founding Partner Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP WENDI BERKOWITZ Attorney Messing Adam & Jasmine LLP We’ve all watched the feeding frenzy that has occurred since Senate Bill 1421 took effect in January. Much of the mainstream press seems to believe that breaking stories about peace officer misconduct from […]